Sentence examples for dubious relations from inspiring English sources

He also goes well beyond his cinematic prototype by giving the Iraqi ambassador an impassioned speech that charts our dubious relations with his country from the installation of a puppet regime under King Faisal to our supply of arms for the war with Iran.

At the same time, a tribunal appointed to investigate dubious relations between the beef tycoon Larry Goodman and Haughey dragged Reynolds into the equation, when it was revealed he had provided lavish, state-sponsored, export-guarantee insurance to consignments of beef sold to Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq.

In this dim light, Zero Dark Thirty seems to be as much about the dubious relations we have with our government and our media as with any enemy and foreign society.

Over all, Americans are dubious that relations with Iran will improve.

This is not a matter of dubious public relations for a languishing field of study; rather, it is simply the recognition of the intellectual substance of the discipline — its power and achievements.

There has long been a "love-hate relationship" between the two professions, said Sheldon Rampton, co-author of "Toxic Sludge Is Good For You! Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry" and research director of PR Watch, a publication that reports on dubious public relations practices.

This diminished outcry may in turn lead to a false impression that color blindness is working, reinforcing support for a dubious race relations strategy.

Tales of poor labour relations and dubious demands from performers are legion in Italian opera.

The public relations is dubious, because what kind of attention are you going to get, if any?" Mr. Morris, as the artistic director of Spring for Music, will be the one to make those crucial selections of programming, and thus of the participating orchestras.

Explicit targeting of a specific point along the chain of events leading to death is useful in terms of data collection and analysis and may allow more useful discussions of new methods in terms of adequacy for purpose rather than absolute validity in relation to dubious gold standards (40, 49).

On the Lib Dem side, many of the candidates jostling to take over from Mr Ashdown are dubious about the case for making relations between the parties any closer.